England Football Online
  Page Last Updated 23 March 2023  
 
239 Saturday, 10 April 1948
Home International Championship 1947-48 (53rd) Match
   Scotland 0 England 2 [0-1]		 Match Summary
 
 
Domestic Football Results                                                            Teams in a silver box denotes a player representing England
Football League Division One: 
 
Aston Villa 1 Stoke City 0
   Villa Park, Birmingham (30,766)
 Smith 49
Stoke were without Neil Franklin
  
Blackburn Rovers 1 Liverpool 2
   Ewood Park, Blackburn (25,915)
 Graham 53 ~ Stubbins 13, Balmer 50
Liverpool were without Billy Liddell
  
Blackpool 1 Middlesbrough 0
   Bloomfield Road, Blackpool (16,330)
 McKnight 40
Blackpool were without Stan Matthews & Stan Mortensen
Middlesbrough were without George Hardwick
  
Chelsea 1 Sheffield United 0
   Stamford Bridge, Fulham (48,949)
 Dyke 50
  
Derby County 0 Charlton Athletic 3
   Baseball Ground, Derby (18,009)
 Fenton 65, Vaughan 69, Revell (pen) 89
Derby were without Billy Steel
   
Everton 2 Manchester United 0
   Goodison Park, Liverpool (44,098)
 Dodds 50, Stevenson 82
United were without Henry Cockburn, Stan Pearson & Jimmy Delaney
  
Grimsby Town 1 Portsmouth 0
   Blundell Park, Cleethorpes (10,400)
 Briggs
  
Huddersfield Town 1 Arsenal 1
   Leeds Road, Huddersfield (38,110)
 Bateman 73 ~ Roper 15
Arsenal were without Laurie Scott & Archie Macaulay
  
Manchester City 0 Bolton Wanderers 2
   Maine Road, Manchester (36,409)
 Lofthouse (2)
City were without Frank Swift
  
Sunderland 2 Burnley 0
   Roker Park, Sunderland (47,003)
 Shackleton 31, Robinson 60
  
Wolverhampton Wanderers 4 Preston North End 2
   Molineux, Wolverhampton (29,550)
Pye 9, 23, Hancocks (pen) 56, Dunn 85 ~ Hannah 1, Wilson 86
Wolves were without Billy Wright
Preston were without Tom Finney
 
Arsenal's point at Huddersfield gave them their first post-war title, after winning five in the 1930s.
Division One Table
Team P Home Away F A ₧
W D L W D L
Arsenal 38 14 3 2 8 8 3 72 30 55
                     
Manchester United 39 9 7 3 8 7 5 72 26 48
Burnley 38 10 5 3 7 7 6 51 40 46
Preston North End 38 12 4 3 6 3 10 60 59 43
Derby County 36 9 6 3 6 6 6 67 51 42
Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 11 4 5 5 5 8 76 65 41
Aston Villa 38 11 5 3 5 4 10 57 52 41
Blackpool 38 12 4 4 3 6 9 49 38 40
Manchester City 38 13 2 4 2 8 9 50 41 40
Sheffield United 39 12 4 3 3 6 11 63 64 40
Portsmouth 36 11 3 3 5 2 12 55 44 37
Liverpool 38 7 7 4 7 2 11 57 57 37
Everton 36 10 2 7 6 3 8 47 53 37
Middlesbrough 38 8 6 5 6 2 11 68 60 36
Chelsea 38 11 6 3 2 3 13 49 60 35
Stoke City 39 8 5 6 5 4 11 38 52 35
Bolton Wanderers 38 10 1 7 5 3 12 44 54 34
Huddersfield Town 38 7 5 7 4 6 9 48 55 33
Charlton Athletic 38 6 4 9 7 2 10 49 65 32
Sunderland 38 9 4 6 2 5 12 50 64 31
                   
Blackburn Rovers 38 7 5 8 3 4 11 46 64 29
Grimsby Town 39 5 5 10 3 1 15 44 98 22

 
Division One Leading Goalscorers
29 - Ronnie Rooke (Arsenal)
26 - Micky Fenton (Middlesbrough) - 1 pen
     
Football League Division Two: 
 
Bradford 1 Birmingham City 2
   Park Avenue, Bradford (16,782)
 Henry ~ Mitchell (pen), Stewart
    
Bury 2 Luton Town 2
   Gigg Lane, Bury (15,648)
 Crosbie (2) ~ Brennan, Ottewell
 
Cardiff City 1 Newcastle United 1
   Ninian Park, Cardiff (49,209)
 Lever ~ Stobbart
 
Chesterfield 2 Leicester City 3
   Recreation Ground, Chesterfield (14,362)
 Capel (2) ~ Hines (2), McKennan
    
Doncaster Rovers 1 Barnsley 2
   Belle Vue, Doncaster (24,011)
 Thompson ~ Baxter, Glover
    
Millwall 1 Leeds United 1
   The Den, New Cross (21,426)
 Fisher (pen) ~ Chisholm
    
Nottingham Forest 3 West Bromwich Albion 1
   City Ground, Nottingham (20,023)
 Edwards, Morley, Scott ~ Taylor
    
Sheffield Wednesday 1 Coventry City 1
   Hillsborough, Sheffield (38,695)
 Quigley ~ Murphy
    
Southampton 2 Plymouth Argyle 3
   The Dell, Southampton (20,544)
 Wayman (2) ~ Edds (3)
Southampton were without Ian Black
 
Tottenham Hotspur 0 Fulham 2
   White Hart Lane, Tottenham (32,490)
McGibbon, Shepherd
Tottenham were without Bill Nicholson
 
West Ham United 0
Brentford 1
   Upton Park, London (21,471)
 Gibbons
  		 
Birmingham did not concede a goal in their remaining four matches. They secured promotion, seven days later. It had taken them nine years to return to the top flight, but only two seasons.
Division Two Table
Team P Home Away F A ₧
W D L W D L
Birmingham City 38 11 6 2 10 6 3 53 24 54
Newcastle United 38 15 1 2 6 6 8 65 38 49
 
Sheffield Wednesday 38 13 4 2 7 4 8 62 47 48
Cardiff City 39 12 6 2 5 5 9 59 50 45
Southampton 37 13 3 3 4 6 8 65 52 43
Tottenham Hotspur 38 10 5 4 5 6 8 54 38 41
West Ham United 39 9 7 4 5 6 8 49 50 41
West Bromwich Albion 39 10 3 6 6 5 9 51 57 40
Leicester City 38 10 3 5 5 6 9 57 54 39
Barnsley 38 10 4 5 5 5 9 56 55 39
Fulham 36 5 8 5 9 1 8 45 40 37
Chesterfield 38 7 4 8 8 3 8 53 48 37
Bradford 39 10 3 7 5 4 10 63 62 37
Coventry City 38 9 4 6 3 8 8 51 45 36
Plymouth Argyle 39 8 7 4 1 10 9 35 53 35
Brentford 38 8 6 5 3 7 9 36 57 35
Bury 39 6 8 6 3 8 8 56 57 34
Luton Town 38 6 8 4 5 4 11 50 55 34
Leeds United 39 10 5 4 2 3 15 53 69 32
Nottingham Forest 38 10 4 6 1 5 12 47 55 31
 
Doncaster Rovers 39 7 8 5 2 2 15 38 60 28
Millwall 39 6 7 7 2 4 13 38 70 27
 
 
Division Two Leading Goalscorers
22 - Davy Walsh (West Brom)
21 - Eddie Quigley (Sheff. Wed.)
     
Football League Division Three (South): 
Aldershot 0 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 3
   Recreation Ground, Aldershot (8,456)
 McDonald (2), McKenzie
    
Brighton & Hove Albion 3 Newport County 0
   Goldstone Ground, Hove (14,247)
 Willis, Moore (2)
 
Bristol Rovers 2 Notts County 0
   Eastville Stadium, Bristol (12,451)
 Watkins, Pitt
County were without Tommy Lawton
 
Crystal Palace 2 Ipswich Town 1
   Selhurst Park, London (18,151)
J.Lewis, Kurz ~ Day
    
Northampton Town 0 Swansea Town 1
   County Ground, Northampton (8,506)
 Powell
    
Norwich City 1 Southend United 0
   Carrow Road, Norwich (22,734)
Hold
    
Port Vale 0 Walsall 1
   Recreation Ground, Stoke-on-Trent (12,282)
 Lishman
    
Queen's Park Rangers 1 Leyton Orient 2
   Loftus Road, Shepherd's Bush (27,480)
 Stewart ~ Neary (2)
      
Swindon Town 1 Reading 1
   County Ground, Swindon (15,876)
Owen ~ Green
 
Torquay United 2 Bristol City 3
   Plainmoor, Torquay (6,697)
 Whitfield (pen), Griffiths ~
Stone, Townsend, S.Williams
a
Watford 3 Exeter City 1
   Vicarage Road, Watford (10,867)
 Davies, Osborne, Cheney ~ Regan
 
 
Queen's Park Rangers' first home defeat in six months allowed Bournemouth to close the gap to two points. Four days later, however, QPR went to Bournemouth and won 1-0. They went on to win the title by four points. It was their first-ever promotion.
Division Three (South) Table
Team P Home Away F A ₧
W D L W D L
Queen's Park Rangers 36 15 2 2 8 5 4 68 31 53
 
Bournemouth & Boscombe A. 37 12 5 1 9 4 6 65 27 51
Swansea Town 38 14 5 0 3 5 11 68 50 44
Walsall 37 11 5 3 6 4 8 57 37 43
Ipswich Town 36 14 1 3 6 2 10 57 49 43
Port Vale 39 14 3 3 2 5 12 62 53 40
Southend United 39 11 6 2 4 4 12 47 54 40
Newport County 39 9 7 3 5 5 10 58 68 40
Bristol City 38 10 3 5 7 2 11 71 59 39
Notts County 36 11 3 3 5 4 10 56 52 39
Exeter City 37 10 6 2 4 4 11 49 50 38
Northampton Town 37 9 5 5 4 5 9 48 56 36
Crystal Palace 38 11 4 4 1 7 11 47 46 35
Reading 37 9 3 6 4 6 9 51 55 35
Swindon Town 37 5 10 3 4 6 9 37 37 34
Torquay United 36 6 6 7 4 7 6 58 50 33
Watford 38 6 5 9 6 3 9 45 70 32
Brighton & Hove Albion 36 8 4 7 3 5 9 39 61 31
Leyton Orient 39 7 4 8 4 5 11 46 72 31
Aldershot 37 4 9 6 4 4 10 39 62 29
Bristol Rovers 38 6 3 10 4 5 10 63 73 28
Norwich City 37 7 3 8 3 5 11 50 69 28

 
Division Three (South) Leading Goalscorers
28 - Len Townsend (Bristol City)
23 - Dudley Milligan (Bournemouth), Dave Massart (Walsall)
     
Football League Division Three (North): 
Carlisle United 2 Southport 3
   Brunton Park, Carlisle (9,801)
 Connor, Iceton ~ Powell, Owens, Wyles
 
Chester 1 Accrington Stanley 0
   Sealand Road, Chester (5,811)
 Best
 
Crewe Alexandra 3 Lincoln City 0
   Gresty Road, Crewe (7,463)
 Finan, Clarke, Ferris
    
Darlington 3 Wrexham 1
    Feethams, Darlington (6,488)
 Milner, Clarke, Varty ~ Tunnicliffe
    
Gateshead 3 Halifax Town 0
   Redheugh Park, Gateshead (4,826)
 Small (2), T.Callender
    
Hartlepools United 4 Rochdale 1
   Victoria Ground, Hartlepool (7,907)
Donaldson (2), Richardson (2) ~ Moorhouse
    
Mansfield Town 1 Hull City 1
   Field Mill, Mansfield (11,098)
 Oscroft ~ Buchan
Hull were without Raich Carter
 
Oldham Athletic 3 Bradford City 0
   Boundary Park, Oldham (14,213)
 Haddington (2), Brook
    
Rotherham United 6 New Brighton 1
   Millmoor Ground, Rotherham (13,669)
 Guest (2), Mills, McMahon, Thompson, Selkirk ~ Selkirk OG
 
Tranmere Rovers 1 Barrow 0
   Prenton Park, Birkenhead (6,376)
 Cox
 
York City 3 Stockport County 2
   Bootham Crescent, York (7,511)
 Brenen, Storey, Rudd ~ Stock, Dainty
 
Lincoln's defeat allowed Rotherham to close the gap, and they went top, with three games to play, two days later, by winning their game in hand. The two then met, two weeks later, in, what turned out to be, a title decider at Rotherham. Lincoln won 2-0 and did not drop another point or concede another goal. They returned to the second division, though it would only be for one season before relegation back to the third.
Division Three (North) Table
Team P Home Away F A ₧
W D L W D L
                     
Lincoln City 39 12 3 4 11 5 4 71 40 54
 
Rotherham United 38 14 4 1 8 5 6 90 45 53
Gateshead 40 10 5 5 8 6 6 71 54 47
Mansfield Town 38 11 3 6 6 7 5 55 42 44
Wrexham 39 12 3 4 6 5 9 61 53 44
Accrington Stanley 39 12 1 6 7 5 8 60 53 44
Carlisle United 40 10 4 7 8 3 8 87 71 43
Barrow 38 8 4 6 7 8 5 46 35 42
Hull City 38 9 5 4 6 6 8 51 42 41
Crewe Alexandra 37 10 4 5 6 3 9 51 54 39
York City 39 8 6 6 4 7 8 62 56 37
Bradford City 38 9 4 6 5 5 9 59 58 37
Oldham Athletic 39 6 10 4 6 3 10 53 57 37
Darlington 39 7 7 6 6 4 9 52 67 37
Southport 38 9 4 6 3 7 9 54 59 35
Tranmere Rovers 39 10 1 9 6 2 11 53 64 35
Rochdale 38 11 3 5 2 6 11 44 70 35
Stockport County 37 7 6 5 4 5 10 52 57 33
Chester 38 10 5 4 2 3 14 57 59 32
Hartlepools United 37 8 6 5 3 2 13 43 65 30
 
Halifax Town 39 4 9 6 2 3 15 40 70 24
New Brighton 39 4 6 9 3 3 14 34 75 23

 
Division Three (North) Leading Goalscorers
27 - Wally Ardron (Rotherham)
26 - Jimmy Hutchinson (Lincoln), Jack Lindsay (Carlisle)
     
Source Notes  
The Football League Match by Match 1947/48 (editor: Tony Brown): SoccerData 2001
englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk
bounder.friardale.co.uk
cg